Cigarette holder



Dec. 28, 1937. E B o, BROWER 2,103,662

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed NOV. 23, 1934 FIG. E. 1 f [I FIG. 2. I? W r I I I Y A la i: I I I I f IN VEN TOR.

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7 'annular edge l6 comes against the shoulder I4,

. and the maximum tension is at the'annular edge l1. 1 r j With the band-located as shown in Fig.2, a'

Patentecl'Dec. 28, I

PATENT oFFicE 7 CIGARETTE HOLDER Elbert Orson Brewer, Philadelphia, Pa. Application November 23, 1934,881i2t1 No. 754,452

73 Claims.

My invention relates to holders for cigarettes, and has for its object, the production of a simple and efficient device.

In the accompanyingdrawing Fig. l is an elevation of a holder with a cigarette supported thereby; Y

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the holder at a larger scale;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the same as the right hand end of Fig. 2, but with the elastic band moved back to its inoperative position;

,5 is a longitudinal section of the elastic band removed from the holder, these-sections being parallel to a side of the square perimeter,

not diagonally thereto; and

Fig. 6 illustrates a method of applying'acigarette and holder to each other.

The holder consists of a stem l and an elastic ring or a band II. The stem may be of wood, amber, pipe clay or any other suitable material. It has a central longitudinal opening l2 for smoke. The exterior may be of any form desired. The end part l3 upon which the ring or band is mounted, is cylindrical, and terminates in a shoulder I4.

The band II is of rubber or other suitable material, and has a tapered opening l5 therethru, the larger diameter of which isslightly less than the diameter of the cylindrical part l3. A consequence of this construction is that when the band is mounted upon its seat, it is under elastic tension which'acts to expand its diam- A longitudinal section of the band shows that the material thereof is roughly triangular. The exact proportions 'are not 'material, but those shown in Fig. 5 are satisfactory. The triangle 7 here involved hasannular edges or corners I6, 11 and I8. When the band is on its seat, the

pressure on the face I '|'l8 toward the left will cause the material of the band toturn on the annular edge I6 from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 4'. In thismovement, the material of the band at and near the edge I! passes thru' an intermediate stage or condition of greater tension than'existsin either the position of Fig. 2'or the position ,of Fig. 4;

[In other words, thepositionsshown in Figs. 2

- and 4 are positions of rest, between which the 55 hand may be mov'edby hand. At any point between those two positions it is under greater tension and tends to move by snap action to one or the other of its positions of rest. 7

The face i'l--|8 may be considered as'a flange onan elastic clamping device. The perimeter I8 may be a circle, but is preferably made rectangular as shown in Fig. 3. One object of this is to prevent the holder from rolling when laid down. Another object of the form and construction shown, is, that by having the holder slightly heavier than the cigarette, the holder, when laid, down will support a lighted cigarette above and clear of the surface of a table or other object upon which the holder may be laid. V Fig. 6, illustrates a way of applying the cigarette '20 to the holder II] when the paper of the cigarette is slightly crumpled, and also illustrates a tooth 2! on the holder which may be used either for helping to reshape the crumpled paper, or for releasing a little of the tobacco when it is packed too closely to the end of'the paper to permit the insertion of the holder. In this view, the band H is in the position shown in Fig. 4. To smooth the paper, the cigarette is rotated on its axis until the paperv of the cigarette slips easily on the part l3. Then, by pressing the band to the right, the surface l6l1 clamps the paper to the surface l3. g I I It may be remarked that the shoulder I4 is a convenience rather than a necessity, as the band II will operate in the same way on a plain metallic tube. But with an unsymmetrical band such as H, greater pressure is involved inpushsmooth surface in the direction of the greater pressure." The shoulder i4 prevents such creep,

and thus avoids the necessity for occasional adjustments.

'What 'I' claim is: 1. A stem having a shoulder nearone end and an elastic band under tension on said stem,-said band having a position of rest on either side of said shoulder, between which extreme positions the band is manually movable 'by rolling the sameabout one of' its marginal edges and there by causing it to pass thru an intermediate condition of greater tension, and inone of which positions of rest the band is adapted to clampfan end of a cigarette wrapper thereunder.

2. In a device of the class described. a band of resilient'material which is roughly triangular 3. A tube having an exterior annular shoulder near one end, and an unsymmetrical band of resilient material under tension and having an edge adjacent to said shoulder, said band being shiftable on said tube by a pivotal movement on said edge to clamp an end of a cigarette wrapper between the tube and the encircling 5 band. I 1 ELBERT ORSON BROWER. 

